How much revenue did Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery sell?

Q: How many copies did Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 106 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut; from 106 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 586k–642k

best case 5.4M (Escape the Backrooms)

Games like Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery

A typical game among these

≈ 586k–642k copies

≈ $1.9M–$3.7M after Steam's cut

from ~18k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Escape the Backrooms at ≈ 4.1M–6.7M copies, ≈ $11.4M–$30.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 724 to 114k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (7 of 8) and Escape Room (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Co-op, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Horror + Multiplayer + Psychological Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, and 1 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Escape the Backrooms 2025	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.4M–$30.6M after Steam's cut $20.7M–$47.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	167k reviews Very Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
We Were Here 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	33k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCo-op
We Were Here Together 2019	Est. copies ≈ 512k–831k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	18k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleOnline Co-Op
The Room 4: Old Sins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 456k–741k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$8.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
We Were Here Too 2018	Est. copies ≈ 344k–559k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $945k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpEscape Room
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two 2019	Est. copies ≈ 346k–563k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $571k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$5.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
The Past Within 2022	Est. copies ≈ 419k–680k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$5.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Puzzle
Escape Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 482k–783k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$11.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op